Postal management held a employee meeting with the news that Erie will be off the chopping block with the proposed legislation in the Senate under S1789. On Wednesday, the Senate passed S1789 with ammendments that would preserve the overnight delivery standard in our area. The bill now moves on to the House where the Republican majority will try to remove those provisions in the Senate bill that seek to preserve service. Write your representatives in Congress and let them know your thoughts!

The National Postal Mail Handlers Union has posted 134 of the 223 facility AMP studies and ours can be found here. Scroll down to page one under "Background Information" and look at these numbers;

Bargaining Unit Hours per Year: 1,745

EAS Hours per Year: 1,822

Now there is a fine example of lopsided overhead costs. It's all grim but at least it's now all out into the open. It's ironic there will be a net increase in EAS positions when all is said and done. (page 5)

A big glaring hole in the AMP is the Service Standard Impact. TBD = To Be Determined and all the relevant data is zeroed out. So, we can assume the decision to go ahead with approval has nothing to do with service. Thought so.

A fine synopsis on all the data provided by the 134 AMPs made public so far can be found here at savethepostoffice.com.